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Misteri di Missouri, ‘Malaikat’ Selamatkan Gadis Korban Tabrakan dan Menghilang


Missouri – Warga kota kecil di Missouri, AS, diselimuti misteri dalam sebuah kecelakaan mobil. Mereka percaya seorang pendeta bertangan malaikat tiba-tiba muncul di lokasi kecelakaan dan membawa mukjizat, kemudian menghilang begitu saja.

Sebagaimana dilaporkan Huffington Post, (8/8/2013), kecelakaan itu menimpa Katie Lentz, 19 tahun, yang terjepit di antara setir dan tempat duduknya. Tim penyelamat tiba di lokasi dan berupaya mengeluarkan Lentz. Namun, setelah 45 menit berupaya, mereka gagal mengeluarkan gadis malang itu. Kondisi Lentz pun semakin memburuk.

Lentz hanya bisa pasrah dan kemudian berseru meminta untuk dibacakan doa. Tiba-tiba, seseorang yang berpakaian hitam-hitam muncul. Orang mengira ia adalah seorang pendeta karena ia mengenakan pakaian dengan kerah putih ciri khas seorang pendeta.

Ia pun menghampiri gadis malang itu dan membacakannya doa sambil mengoleskan minyak. Setelah itu, dengan mudah tim penyelamat bisa mengeluarkan Lentz dari mobil dan melarikannya ke rumah sakit. Orang-orang kaget karena sebelumnya, Lentz sulit sekali dikeluarkan.

Orang-orang yang berkerumun di lokasi kecelakaan itu pun kemudian berniat mengucapkan terima kasih kepada sang pendeta. Namun, orang berpakaian hitam itu sudah menghilang. Ia sama sekali tak tampak berada di antara kerumunan. Bahkan dalam foto-foto di lokasi kejadian, ia tak tampak sedikitpun. Padahal, orang-orang jelas melihatnya ia ada di dekat sang gadis.

“Saya kira ini merupakan mukjizat. Saya yakin dia adalah malaikat yang diturunkan kepada kami dalam wujud seorang pendeta atau mungkin saja ia seorang pendeta yang menjadi malaikat bagi kami,” ujar kepala Pemadam Kebakaran New London, Raymond Reed yang turut dalam upaya penyelamatan Lentz.

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'Mystery priest' and 'miracle' car crash survivor Katie Lentz hold emotional reunion
By Cristina Corbin | Published September 20, 2013


Katie Lentz, a college student who nearly died in the mangled wreckage of a car crash last month, and the “mystery priest” who appeared out of nowhere to minister to her held an emotional reunion Friday at her Illinois home.

“I was just so thrilled he was there,” Katie told FoxNews.com about her meeting with Father Patrick Dowling on the same day she celebrated her 20th birthday.

“I thanked him for being there (at the crash scene) that day and he said he was very happy I could walk with my walker.”

She said there were no tears, but they exchanged a warm handshake and he sat next to her on the sofa in her family’s home in Quincy, Ill. while they chatted.

“They were just very happy to see each other,” said Katie’s mother, Carla Lentz. “She said she was so grateful he’d been there and he offered a prayer.

“He said God loves all of us and God loves you, Katie.”

The priest’s appearance at the Missouri crash scene baffled police, who said he seemed to mysteriously appear from behind a police line to pray with Katie, then disappeared into the night.

Katie has endured a long recovery after the accident, in which her car was hit head-on by an alleged drunk driver, but she counts herself lucky that Dowling, who stepped forward after numerous reports about the "mystery priest," was there in her time of need.

She said Friday that while she couldn’t see him as she lay trapped in her car’s wreckage, she recognized his voice immediately when he came to her home. “His voice was hard to forget,” she said.

Katie, a Tulane University student, was struck by a suspected drunk motorist around 9 a.m. on Aug. 4 while driving on Route 19 near the town of Center, Mo., causing the 1989 green Mercedes she lovingly called the "Green Bean" to flip -- trapping her inside.

The young woman suffered 15 broken bones and a lacerated liver and spleen. Her "vitals were failing quickly" by the time rescue workers arrived, her mother said. After two hours and 10 minutes trapped inside the car, she was extricated and air lifted to Blessing Hospital in Quincy.

Her family credits two occurrences for her survival: Katie's plea for first responders and witnesses to "pray out loud" as she lay with her head on the pavement and the arrival of Dowling, who anointed her with oil and prayed at her side.

"We are so thankful for the simple message our Katie spoke from the very beginning -- for everyone around her to pray out loud," her mother said. "That message went around the world, and was propelled by the mystery priest we now know as Father Dowling, who just happened upon the accident and he offered his prayers."

Dowling came across the crash in northeast Missouri while driving between morning Mass assignments.

Dowling, who is based in Columbia, Mo., "is pleased that he was able to help by performing his ministry and noted that he was just one of many who responded to assist the victim at the accident," the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City said at the time.

The clergyman visited Katie in the intensive care unit one week after the crash, but the meeting was very short, given Katie's fragile condition, according to her family.

"Today is the real reunion," her mother said.

Fox News